The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-06-30
The Military Under Arms
Great Excitement.

Inc mass meeting at Jne armOry,
announced by advertisement and
otherwise, opened at minutes past
2 o'clock. The town had shut up
long before that time, and people of
all classes wended their way to the
place of meeting. All nationalities
and classes of people were repre-
sented. The prominent merchants
and business people of the town
were present in force. The room
was jammed full including a large
smattering of Chinese.
At the reporters table were re-
representatives. of all the newspapers,
foreign and native. On Editor
Testa taking his seat there were
roars of ironical applause. Without
the doors the Honolulu Rifles were
drawn up under arms, with Major
Ashford in Command. Major Wode-
house and Vice Consul Walker were
present.
Mr.. S. 3. Dole assembled the
platform at five minutes past 2
O'Clock and called the meeting to
order, nominating Mr.. p. c.
Jones as Chairman on this occasion
cloud Applause).
Mr.. Jones on taking the Chair
said Fellow Citizens, feel proud
at being nominated as Chairman at
this, the largest meeting of the kind
that has ever met on the Islands.
We propose to conduct it in con-
stitutional manner and to address
the king for change of Government
which we earnestly desire. We re-
present all classes of society and can
afford to conduct ourselves in firm,
determined and dignified manner
because we are firm and determined
| in what we ask. We have pre-
pared q set of resolutions which will
be read to you by Mr.. l.. A. Thurs
ton, and also a communication just
received from His Majesty, address
ed to Hon. c. II. Bishop.
In view of the largeness of the
meeting and the number of persons
appointed to address the meeting,
each speaker would be limited to
five minutes.
Mr.. Thurston mounted the rost-
rum and before proceeding to read
the resolutions, apologised for ap-
pearing in uniform but having been
| ordered so to do, he was but obey
ing orders.
RESOLUTIONS,
We the citizens, residents, and
Taxpayers of Honolulu, acting as we
firmly believe, in sympathy with and
in behalf of all right-minded Citi-
zens, Residents and Taxpayers of
this Kingdom, and being assembled
in mass meeting in the city Of Homo
lulu, On the 30th day of June, 1887,
do resolve as follows:-
THAT the administration of the
Hawaiian Government has ceased,
through corruption and incompet-
ence, adequately to perform the
functions and afford the protection
to personal and property rights, for
which all governments exist.
2-That while some of the evils of
which we complain cannot be at once
adequately redressed, and their re-
eurrence prevented: and many others
are incurable except by radical
changes in the present constitution,
involving protracted delays; yet
there arc some evils which we feel
must be remedied at once before q
permanent reform movement can be
inaugurated with any reasonable
prospect of success.
3. Holding these views, we re-
quest of the King:
First, That he shall at once and
Internationally dismiss his present
cabinet from office, and we ask that
he shall call one of these persons,
viz: William l.. Green, Henry
Waterhouse, Godfrey Brown, OF
Mark p. Robinson, to assist him In
selecting new cabinet, which shall
be committed to the policy of secur-
ing a new constitution.
Second. That Walter M. Gibson
shall be at once dismissed from
each and every office held by him
under the government,
THIRD. In order so far as possi-
BILE TO remove the stain now resting
on the throne, we request of the
King that he shall cause to be m ade
immediate restitution of the sum, to
wit: Seventy-one thousand dollars
(S71 ,000) recently obtained by him
in violation of law and OF his oath
of Office, under promise that the
persons from whom the same was
obtained should receive the license
to sell opium, as provided by sta
tute of the year 1886.
4.-Whereas one Junius Kaae was
implicated in the obtaining of said
seventy one thousand dollars (S71,-
000) and has since been and still is
retained in office as Registrar of
Coaveyances, we request as q safe
guard to the property interests OF
the country that said Kaae be at
once dismissed from said office, and
that the records of our land titles